Prevent users can use the normal /user/register path!

Very good point. I've just pushed a changed to the dev branch that addresses this issue. It has required changing the pattern for constructing registration paths.

Now, when you create a new registration path, this module will generate:
/[path-setting] (loads [path-setting]/login)
/[path-setting]/login
/[path-setting]/register
/path-setting]/password

Try it out and let me know if you have any issues.

Anyone know of a way to disable or create a redirect on the default user/register page?

I've got two registration paths working, and although I've removed all the links for users to go to the default drupal user registration, I can't seem to get rid of the page itself.

Basically I don't want anyone to type in /user/register in their browser and create an account. I've tried to place a redirect on the user/register page by using the URL redirect module but it doesn't seem to be taking effect.

if you just want to get rid of the tab i found this module useful... http://drupal.org/project/tabtamer

If you want to remove or tweak a menu entry created by another module, the correct way to do it is to use hook_menu_alter().

Hello N,
i used this module (http://drupal.org/project/itweak_login) to redirect from /user/register path to another path. its seems to be working for me without any issues. Thx for the info......

@nielsvoo

What version of Path Access were you using in your comment above in #4? I've tried that and it does not appear to be working with the 7.x-dev version. I have tried clearing cache after saving the changes. Several others have the same issue; attaching the related link here: http://drupal.org/node/261760#comment-6520342.

Any ideas? I'm not a coder, is there another module that will remove access to the user/register path and tab?

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks
Melissa

You can just use a custom module to either unset or deny access to the user/register path.

/**
 * Implements hook_menu_alter().
 */
function yourmodule_menu_alter(&$items) {
  $items['user/register']['access callback'] = FALSE;
}

Or

/**
 * Implements hook_menu_alter().
 */
function yourmodule_menu_alter(&$items) {
  unset($items['user/register']);
}

Great! Thank you so much! :)

Hi nielsvoo,

I tried your solution but it doesn't work for me. Maybe there's another way to just hide the default Create account tab? Completely restricting acces to /user/register works, but it isn't what I want to achieve, as blocking that path hides all of the account creation tabs, not just the default one.

I started to install iTweak module when i realize i don't need it. Just go to URL aliases and create a new alias from "user/register" to wathever link you want it to point.

I wanted to add to this, despite it being closed, in case someone else runs across this and is in need of help.

I tried several of the options here without much luck. I already am using a lot of modules and installing one simply to remove access to one page seemed like overkill.

In the end, I simply created a page and set it at the ?=user/register link. I put my two links for the profile registrations there.

It really is more to stop the spammers than anything -- despite all my efforts AND captcha, I am still getting ten to twenty spam registrations a day on a site that only in development. Spammers are clearly just typing that ?=user/register at the end of every domain name hoping to get into a drupal install -- without even caring what drupal site they get on (Mine doesn't even have a lick of content on it yet!)

Just wanted to post this here for someone else looking for a quick answer to this problem that doesn't involve adding more modules or changing any files.

Thanks for #15. I did bascially what hfortune suggested, but left the node with alias user/register unpublished. Default registration is now in accessible to spammers, as unauthenticated users get an "Access denied" message.

Just a heads up. Recently worked on a site in which they did the same(#15 & #16). They wanted to go back to 'user/register'. It was not until I found this post that I realized what was going on..